Exam 2 Part 5 Flashcards
Hemisphere in charge of syntax, semantics, phonology, morphology
Left
Hemisphere in charge of pragmatics, social-emotional state
Right
If someone has a genetic predisposition for stuttering, will they always have stuttering?
No
Stuttering results from ______ between linguistic (left hemisphere) and paralinguistic (right hemisphere) aspects of language
Dyssynchrony
What are some environmental factors that affect stuttering?
Developmental factors, cognitive development, social/emotional development
How much brain is used for learning a particular task
Shared resources and reduced capacity
What is the correlation with children learning to walk and talk simultaneously?
Development of walking and talking is not even e.g. reduced capacity for talking if they are more focused on learning how to walk
People with impaired cognition there is a _____ incidence of stuttering
Higher
Time of major learning, transitions, instability may make child more vulnerable for disfluencies
Preschool
How can social and emotional development affect stuttering?
Trauma and stress can cause high emotion, leading to more disfluencies
What environmental factor can mostly affect a child’s stuttering?
Child support system
Stuttering results from parents ____ reaction to the normal disfluencies of childhood
Abnormal / negative
What are the personality traits of parents who have children who stutter?
Perfectionist, critical, protective, high behavioral standards and expectations
Greater stuttering with ____ complex language
More
Do mothers or fathers speak faster?
Mother
